Ultrastructure of antoonops, a new, ant-mimicking genus of afrotropical oonopidae (araneae) with complex internal genitalia

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3614, 2008, Pages 1-30

  Fannes, Wouter ^a   Jocqué, Rudy ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

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EID: 47649091229     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/563.1     Document Type: Article

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